Confirmed date and the next useful decision
The organizer's current Runtalya event listing gives Sunday, April 4, 2027, with a 42K marathon category alongside shorter races. This replaces the tentative April planning window previously shown here. The same page still contains 2025 narrative and an older athlete guide, so check edition-specific instructions before relying on start times, cutoffs or bib collection.
Checked October 14, 2026 against the official organizer information.
Use the current date without carrying forward old logistics
The current event header is a dated announcement; the older paragraph saying April 6, 2025 describes a prior edition. Do not use either a 2024 athlete guide or a previous race's start time as a 2027 fact. A registration link also does not establish a currently available place or price.
Compare the available runway with your training history
From October 14 to April 4 there are 172 days, about 24 and a half weeks. Counting back 24 weeks gives October 18, 2026; 20 weeks gives November 15; 16 weeks gives December 13. A 26-week calendar starts October 4, which has already passed. Those anchors help organize a decision; they do not prescribe a workload.
The 24-week marathon plan is worth comparing when its prerequisites fit your base. If normal easy running, recovery or weekly availability is still inconsistent, stabilize those first and keep the goal conditional. Do not add missed weeks to an already difficult opening week because the calendar says to begin.
For a returning runner, record what the last several ordinary weeks actually contained. An old personal best and a few good sessions do not describe the current base. Choose sustainable frequency, build from completed training and leave space for a missed day or a busy week.
Prepare for the actual course and conditions
Use the current organizer map and participant guide when deciding what to rehearse. Avoid treating a short course label as a personal pacing guarantee or historical temperature as a race-day forecast. Work with familiar effort and fueling until the edition-specific details are available.
Before committing to travel, verify your entry, the marathon's own start procedure, collection requirements and the applicable terms. Keep a checklist of unresolved items rather than filling them with last year's values. A confirmed date supports a calendar; it does not resolve every operational question.
Plan backward from the verified race date
Use the training start-date calculator to compare 4, 8, 12, 16 or 26-week runways. Calendar anchors are calculations, not prescriptions. If an anchor has passed, review your actual base and choose an appropriate later goal or a supported plan length; do not compress missed weeks.
Keep the training week recoverable
Choose the next session from completed training, recovery and available time. If work or travel removes a day, preserve a sensible weekly rhythm instead of stacking the missed load. Use the marathon training hub and how to choose a marathon plan to compare prerequisites.
For this longer runway, a steady foundation matters more than an ambitious first week. Rehearse fueling in familiar training with the marathon fueling planner, and treat unusual fatigue, persistent pain or illness as reasons to reassess. The NHS running-injury guidance advises against running through pain. Seek qualified clinical support for persistent symptoms; this is general planning information, not medical advice.
Fit the plan around your life
The race date supplies an anchor. 26weeks is an iOS coach for supported marathon goals that adapts near-term training around completed workouts, recovery and schedule changes. Start training now when that coaching job fits. Race entry, eligibility, event changes and race-week instructions stay with the organizer.
Dated facts checked October 14, 2026. Recheck final organizer instructions before payment, travel and race day. Unverified fields and historic conditions remain labelled; they are not predictions.